Entrail-cleaning machine.



A. OLSEN.

ENTRAIL CLEANING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1913;

Patnted Nov. 4, 1913.

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.AKSEL OLSEN, OF CHRISTIANIA, NOR /VAY.

EN'IBAIL-CLEANING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AKSEL OLSEN, a subject of the King of Norway, residing at Christiania, Norway, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Entrail- Cleaning Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The prment invention relates to a machine for cleaning entrails by removing the mucous membrane from their walls.

A form of the machine is illustrated in the drawing, in which Figure 1 represents the machine in -vertical cross-section on the line 11 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view.

The entrails are fed into the machine on a feed plate A. and are here caught by a guide roller 13, which may suitably be toothed and which feeds the entrails to the rotating, india-rubber-coated roller C rotating with a greater speed than the roller B and causing, by pressing against the entrails, the mucous on the same to be loosened and removed without injuring the entrails in the slightest degree. During this treatment the entrails are retained by the guide roller 13 which is likewise coated with indiarubber and consequently elastic so as to not injure the entrails. As the entrails, thus cleaned on one side, leave the lower portion of the plate A, they are fed with the cleaned side up against a guide plate D which feeds them on to another guide roller E arranged and acting in a similar manner to the former guide roller B so as to catch the entrails and, in conjunction with the roller I), feed them to the other cleaning roller F which is arranged and acts in a similar manner to the cleaning roller C. The entrails accordingly are cleaned of their mucous also on their other side, while engaging the guide plate D, by the action of the cleaning roller F, and will leave the machine in a perfectly cleaned condition. As will appear from the drawing, the rollers E and F rotate in the opposite direction to the rollers B and C. Said rollers are rotated by a suitable transmis- Specification of Letters Patent. j t t Nmh a, 1913 Application filed April 24, 1913. 7

Serial No. 763,305.

The guide plates A and D may suitably be arranged adjustably.-- In the drawing these plates are shown connected with screws Gr threaded into cross bars H secured to the machine frame and on the rectangular portion I of which there is provided an index J mounted in the plates A and D its free end pointing toward a scale on the handwheel K on the free end of the screws by means of which the'adjustment is eifected. The same end may also be obtained by arranging latches fastened to the square part I, and catching into notches in the hand wheel K, arranged corresponding to the various positions of adjustment. As it is of great importance that the guide plates should always be parallel to the rollers, bifurcated guide arms L and M, embracing the fixed cross bars H, are attached to the back of the plates. The construction may also be so modified that guide rollers which may suitably be adjustably mounted, are substituted for one or both .guide plates.

I claim:

1. In entrail cleaning machines a guide, a guide roller keeping the entrails in engagement with said guide, a cleaning roller 00- operating with said guide and guide roller and rotating with a greater speed than the said guide roller, and cleansing one side of the entrails in combination with asecond guide, a second guide roller keeping the entrails in engagement with said second guide and cooperating with a second cleaning roller rotating with a .greater speed than the second guide roller, and cleansing the other side of the entrails.

2. In entrail cleaning machines a guide plate, a guide roller keeping the entrails in engagement with said guide plate, a cleaning roller cooperating with said guide plate and guide roller and rotating with a greater speed than the said guide roller, and cleansing one side of the entrails, in combination with a second guide plate, a second guide rolle keeping the entrails in engagement with said second guide plate and cooperating with a second cleaning roller rotating with a greater speed than the second guide roller, and cleansing the other side of the entrails.

3. In entrail cleaning machines a guide plate, a guide roller keeping the entrails in engagement with said guide plate, a cleaning roller cooperating with said guide plate and guide roller and rotating with a greater speed than the said guide roller, and cleansing one side of the entrails, in'combination with a second guide plate, a second guide roller keeping the entrails in engagement with said second guide plate and cooperating with a second cleaning roller rotating with a greater speed than the second guide roller, and cleansing the other side of the entrails, said second guide roller and second cleaning roller rotating in opposite direction to the first guide roller and cleaning roller.

i. In entrail cleaning machines an ad j ustable guide plate, a guide roller keeping the entrails in engagement with said guide plate, a cleaning roller cooperating with said guide plate and guide roller and rotating i with a greater speed than the said guide roller, and cleansing one side of the entrails, in combination with a second guide plate, a second guide roller keeping the entrails in engagement with said second guide plate and cooperating with a second cleaning roller rotating with a greater speed than the second guide roller, and cleansing the other side of the entrails, and bifurcated guide arms on said guide plates embracing a fixed part of the machine frame.

5. In entrail cleaning machines an adjustable guide plate, a guide roller keeping the entrails in engagement with said guide plate, a cleaning roller cooperating with said guide plate and guide roller and rotating with a greater speed than the said guide roller and cleansing one side of the entrails,

in combination with a second guide plate, a second gulde roller keeping the entrails in "engagement with said second guide plate and cooperating with a second cleaning roller rotating with a greater speed than the second guide roller, and cleansing the other side of the entrails, bifurcated guide arms on said, guide plates embracing a fixed part of the machine frame, and, screws for ad-- justing said guide plates.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, 1 have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AKSEL OLSEN.

iVitnesses:

M. E. GUTTORENSEN, RUTH LINDsTRoM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatonts, Washington, D. C. 

